Remodel

I am reasonably sure that if I show my wife this article, I'll be out a couple of thousand dollars this summer.

Four in ten Americans say they intend to spruce up their homes rather than tackle a full remodel. Here's what $1,000 will buy in a kitchen or bathroom that has a solid structure but a dated design. Costs don't include the contractor's overheads and profit margins, which can account for up to half of a remodeling budget.

TGIMBOEJ

It's a shame I didn't hear about this two weeks ago. I just cleaned out my parts cabinet. Anything that didn't have a realistic and identifiable use went in the trash as part of my 'simplify and downsize' plan

Zombie Chickens

This is entirely way too tempting.

The last time my wife left town for a weekend, my son and I built a trebuchet in the driveway. I feel a new project coming on.

Are you a survivor?

If only this was a bit closer to home. My kid would love it.

If you are an innovator, trailblazer, explorer or a frontiersperson who is 10 or 11 years old, the Jay C. Hormel Nature Center wants to test your pioneer skills.

Want to learn more?

Register at the nature center or by mail. Registration forms are available online at www.ci.austin.mn.us/Parkandrec/outdoor.html

Call 437-7519 for more information.




The Nature Survival Class, which has been offered for nearly two decades at the nature center, allows children to step into history to a time when survival was an everyday part of life.

Flint knapping, fire building, candle making and cooking over an open fire are some of the activities children will experience in the program.

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Quote of the Day

Why should the people get something through government–that is, at the point of a gun–simply because they want it? We make that assumption reflexively, but why? Fifty-seven percent may be willing to pay higher taxes for universal health insurance, but let’s not overlook what else they are willing to do: tax the 37 percent who aren’t willing to pay higher taxes.

-Sheldon Richman

Hypocrisy

Can we overturn the other unjust laws, like selective bailouts, bailouts in general, light bulb choices being forced and all the other crap he's forcing down our throats?

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President* Obama honored Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month with a White House reception Monday where he likened the struggle for gay rights with the struggle of African-Americans for civil rights.

Call your Congress-Weasels

Thank them for raising taxes on absolutely everybody during a recession.

I'm looking at you, Ryan Winkler, and you, Ron Latz.

This article doesn't even mention all of the other "taxes on business" that are pass-through taxes to be paid by the end-consumer via higher prices. As your jobs vanish and your bank account deteriorates, call and thank the Congress-weasels responsible. "Ooh, the ship is sinking, hold this rock."

Monsters